Telangana High Court

WP/34707/2026 of Sri Sowmica Chitneedi Vs The State of Telangana on 13 October 2026

COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE P,SAM KOSHY AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA WRIT PETITION NO:34707 OF 2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE P,SAM KOSHY

AND

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA

WRIT PETITION NO:34707 OF 2026

Between:

1. Sri Sowmica Chitneedi, D/o.Srinivasa Rao Chitneedi, Aged about 19 years, Occ. Student, RTo.Plot No.4/1 1, Road No4, Opp vijetha Godown, Srivaninagar, Hyderabad 502032. .

2. Manthripalli Karthikeya Manikanta, S/o Manthripalli Srinivasa Rao, Aged about 19 years, Occ. Student, R/o. '13-2-94, Ashok Nagar, Badhrachalam Mandal, Badhrachalam, Telangana 507111.

3. Gandi Tejaswini, D/o. Gandi Vishnu, Aged about 19 years, Occ. Student, Rl/o. Seetharamapuram, Maripeda, Warangal District, Telangna 506315'

4. Anika Walia, D/o.susheel Walia, Aged about 18 years, Occ. Student, R/o.609M Opal Block Rainbow vistas Rock Garden Moosapet, Medchal Malkagiri 500018. ...PETITIONERS AND

1. The State of Telangana, represented by its Principal Secretary, Medical and Health Family Welfare Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad-S00 055

2. Kalqi Nararayana Rao University of Health Sciences, represented by its Registrar, Warangal . ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Nlicle 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents particularly the 2nd respondent in not considering the petitioners for counselling and admission into MBBS/BDS course under Management Quota "C" NRl Category for the academic year 2026-27 as illegal, arbitrary, u nconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to permit the petitioners to upload NRI documents for admission into MBBS/BDS course under Management Quota "C" NRI category for the academic yex 2026-27 in next phase of counseling. l.A. NO: 1OF 2026 Petition under Section 15 1 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 2nd respondents to consider the petitioners request under Management Quota "C" NRI Category for admission into MBBS/BDS course in next phase of counselling for the academic year 2026-27 , pending disposal of writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR. AVINASH SINGH Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR. TANDRA RAMESH, AGP FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH Counsel for the Respondent No.2: MR. T. SHARATH, SC FOR KALOJT NARAYANA RAO UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES The Court made the following: ORDER

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IN THB HIGH COURT I.'OR THE STATE OF TELANGANA A1'HYDE,RAI]AD I'HE I{ON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF.IUSTICT' P.SAM KOSHY AND THE IIONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA WI{IT PETITION N0.34707 OF 2026 (CNR No.HBHC 0107 7 497 2026) Da ted; I J.10.2026 Bctrveen: Sri Sowmica Chitneedi and 3 others ...Petitioners And 'l'hc Statc of Telangana, Represcnted by its Principal Sccrctary, Vlcdical & Hcalth Family Wellarc l)cpartment, Sccrctariat Buildings, Hl,derabad and anothcr ,. . Rcspondents ORDll,It: Qrcr'the Ilctn'ble the Acting C'hic/ .tLtsLicc P.Sam Ko.shy) Mr. Avinash Singh, learned counscl appears lbr the petitioncrs Mr. Tandra Ramesh. learned Assistant Government Pleader for Medical and Health, appears for respondent No.1 and Mr. T. Sharath, learned Standing Counsel for l(aloji Narayana Rao University ol llealth Sc iences, appears for respor.rdent No.2.

2. 'l-he Writ Petition has been preferred with the foltowing prayer: "...to issue an appropriare trit orcler ol drlection ntore particularh one in tht: nature ol r,vrit of nandanrus declaling thc trction of thc rcsponalcnts partlcularll thc 2nal respoudcnt in not considering the pctitioners lor counselling and adntrssion irrto MBBS/BDS coLrlse under Managerncnt Quota'C'NRI Carcgor.y for the acadcnric -vcar 2026 27 as illegal albitrar_r Lrnconstitutional and consequently direct thc respolldcnts [o pcrn]it tlle petitroners to upload NI{l docurncnts fbr adrnission into MBIIS/BDS course uuder Malagernent QLrota'C' NRI category tbr the academic ycar )026-21 in nexl phase of cournse lling and pass "

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3. Lcarned cottnsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioncl's got rcgistered thernselr es lor 'C'-Category under Managernent Quota but coulcl not upload the NIU documcnts at the |elevant point of timc. FIe submits that the petitionet.s pre1efl'ed reprcsentations bclbre rcspondent No.2 to pernrit them to registcr Ibr connseiling. process tbl admissiorl to MiIBS/Rt)S r:ourse undet Nlll Quota. but thc sar:te havc not ycl becn considerec]. tle firrtllet' sublliited tilat responclent No.2-t- nivcrsity be directed to decidc the said [epresen tatiolls in a tirne bound manlrel the pctrtioners' reprcsentations shall be dealt with b1- tespondcnt No 2- Llnivers tv in accordance rvith Iaw I l-,:arned Standing Counsel 1br responderlt No.2-Univelsity subnittcd that Accordingll. the Writ Petition is disposcd of directing respondcrlt No.2 to SD/- AHMED ABDULLA KHAN ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER

1. The Principal Secretary, Medical and Health Family Welfare Department, Secretariat Buildings, State of Telangana, Hyderabad-500 055 accordance with law. by passing a reasonecl order belorc the n€rxt cor-rnsclling. Tt decide r.he petitiolte rS' rcprcsentatiofrs as per the gror-Lnds taken irr thetlr, Ill is ntaclc clear that this Court has 1ot expt'cssed any opinion oll the merits ol th€l case. l'herc shall be Lro order as to costs. Nliscellancous applications pcrtclir-rg, i1'an1 , sha1l stand closcci To,

2. The Registrar, Warangal . Kaloji Nararayana Rao University of Health Sciences,

3. One CC to MR. AVTNASH S|NGH, Advocate tOpUCl 4 Two ccs to GP FoR MEDTCAL AND HEALTH, High court for the state of Telangana, at Hyderabad [OUT]

5. One CC to MR. T. SHARATH, SC FOR KALOJT NARAYANA RAO uNtvERstry oF HEALTH SCTENCES topucl

6. Two CD Copies AGK AGK @

CC TODAY HIGH COURT HAC, J & NNR, J DATED: 1311012026

ORDER

G WP.No.34707 ot 2026 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS @\ d- 49irl + c( e) 1o Nb of T.' *r$ + o lr qo

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